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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 137: Secular Medieval Art: Castles and Tapestries
With rising prosperity, Europeans created more secular art and architecture: grand city halls and luxurious-for-the-day castles and palaces, with their stony walls warmed by finely woven tapestries (like the 500-year-old “Lady and the Unicorn”).
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Copenhagen, home of Europe’s first great pedestrian boulevard, and Tivoli Gardens.
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Greece's Peloponnese Peninsula: Nafplio, Olympia, the theater at Epidauros and Mycenae.
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The must-sees of ancient Athens: the Parthenon, Agora, and National Archaeological Museum.
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We tour the Czech Republic's many cultural riches and offbeat delights.
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We’ll take in Vienna's wealth of elegant gardens, great art and fine music.
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The Dordogne River Valley--its dramatic castles, evocative cave paintings, prized cuisine
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Salzburg: boat rides in Salzkammergut lake district, exploring the town of Hallstatt